Patricide Hanif Abdurraqib The Only Worlds We Know

The Only Worlds We Know is

as jagged as it may be

good luck in the real world is a hard-earned and swervy testimony

author of All Earthly Bodies Each poem cinematic—a homecoming concert

They are compellingly beautiful with a perfectly-toned sadness

Patricide Hanif Abdurraqib The Only Worlds We KnowDave Harris, 2019. From the writer of the films SUMMERTIME and FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, Dave Harris's stellar poetry debut takes a nuanced look at the complexities of black masculinity. Patricide weighs those complexities and how they impact a lineage of black boys who fight to become men in the image of their fathers. More than just a book about fear or death centered on being black in America, Patricide illuminates the internal struggle to be the best